April 10, 2010

Baja Earthquake Cleanup

We've finally got our backyard somewhat cleaned up from the Easter Day Baja Mexico Earthquake. It was a heavy rolling quake that shook our house for a much longer time than most quakes in our area. Normally, we don't notice quakes since here in California you get used to them, but this one went on long enough and strong enough to start our potrack and hanging lamps swaying at an alarming rate.

About 30 seconds after the quake, our neighbor's pool had a little tsnamni and great quanties of water came over the fence and flooded our backyard. It swept mud from our garden to the patio, covering half the backyard. It took lots of sweeping and hose work to get the mud off the patio, but now all my side beds are covered. My gravel pathways are a mess, the beauty bark around the roses was swept away and my gardens lost some of their composted soil. At least we can go out there with tracking dirt back into the house, but I'm at a loss at how long it is going to take to get things back to normal. It is the start of my work's busy season and other than planting a few peppers and herbs, I don't think that I have time to do much more for now.

Still, we are blessed. If this is the worst we suffer from an earthquake of that size, then life is good.

1 comment:

wow, this sounds really traumatic..I would hate to have my garden messed up...still one has to count ones blessings, it could have been much worse...All the best to you!...I can't wait to grow some chillies, but we are starting winter now, so I have to wait....

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I grow chiles and sweet peppers organically as part of a salsa garden in my backyard. To complement the chiles, I also have small potted herb gardens. Together, both enhance my pantry and provide a great deal of satisfaction in my kitchen.